Vanderbilt University Register: APRIL GRANTS * * * from the Division of Sponsored Research

APRIL GRANTS * * * from the Division of Sponsored Research

In the final issue of each month, the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 that were awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in April that the following grants had been awarded:

Gautam Biswas, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $90,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Robust Methods for Autonomous Fault Adaptive Control of Complex Systems." Kenneth Frampton is co-principal investigator.

Randolph Blake, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $117,443 by the Public Health Service for "Binocular Rivalry in Human Vision."

Frank E. Carroll, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $500,000 by the Department of Defense for "Prototype Development of a Compact, Pulsed Hard X-ray Source for Medical Imaging and Research in Biological and Materials Sciences."

Paul Cobb, Department of Teaching and Learning in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $212,648 by the Department of Education for "Designing Learning Environments and Assessment Practices." Kay J. McClain is co-principal investigator.

William J. Collins, Department of Economics and Business Administration in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $82,008 by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. for "The National Bureau of Economic Research National Fellowship."

James E. Foster, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $249,921 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for "Understanding Health Disparities from an Economic Perspective."

Kenneth F. Galloway, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $135,240 by the Department of Defense for "IPA Assignment for Vijay Raghavan." Vijay Raghavan is co-principal investigator.

Robert L. Galloway Jr., Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $62,500 by the National Science Foundation for "Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU) for Technology-Guided Therapy." Benoit Dawant is co-principal investigator.

Isabel Gauthier, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $253,795 by the Public Health Service for "The Role of Visual Expertise in Letter Perception." Lynn S. Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Richard F. Haglund Jr., Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $60,000 by the Department of Defense for "Optimization of Hard-Tissue Surgical Procedures in the Mid-Infrared."

Carl H. Johnson, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $113,625 by the Public Health Service for "Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) Interaction System for Circadian and Other Proteins."

Piotr Kaszynski, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $42,000 by E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company for "Industrial Research and Development of Aromatic Polyester Polyols and Placticizers."

Jane Landers, Department of Latin American Studies in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $81,000 by the Department of Education for "Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships." Marshall C. Eakin is co-principal investigator.

Timothy P. McNamara, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $114,304 by the Public Health Service for "Mental Representations of Spatial Relations."

Robert C. O'Dell, Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $51,572 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Fine Scale Temperature Fluctuations in Gaseous Nebulae."

Frank L. Parker, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $50,269 by the Department of Energy for "Support DOE Office of River Protection."

James G. Patton, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $105,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Characterization of the Role of PTB-Associated Splicing Factor (PSF) During pre-mRNA Splicing." James McAfee is co-principal investigator.

N. Olaf Pellmyr, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $70,338 by the National Science Foundation for "Evolution of a Cheater Yucca Moth: An Experimental Approach."

Prasad L. Polavarapu, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $103,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Vibrational Spectral Studies."

Siobhan Reilly, Department of Economics and Business Administration in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $75,750 by the Public Health Service for "Welfare and Children's Living Arrangements2nd Submission." Eirik Evenhouse is co-principal investigator.

Jeffrey D. Schall, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $378,750 by the Public Health Service for "Saccade Target SelectionFrontal Cortex."

Marcy J. Singer-Gabella, Department of Initiatives in Education at Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $360,000 by the Ford Foundation for "Project GRAD Nashville: Graduation Really Achieves Dreams."

Deborah Taylor Tate, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $25,000 by the Dell Foundation for "Connected Community Partner Grant."

Guoliang Yu, Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $55,149 by the National Science Foundation for "K-Theory of Operator Algebras and Its Applications to Topology of Manifolds."